The Sun. — London, England, 1810-02-21 00:00:00

• • i Copy •• a'. - . . , .. ° J• the .-EARL 6 f er-L4771.A1s SjelTE, Waicheren, ill' . Piaeing the traniPnrie, •Steeeiliips,• der Lioulenentsdeneral - Grosvenor," as well 2s the .i, JILLVT"of hts - :PROCEEDINGS, - ' , and stnall craft, in security, was, if ceirrie4 further, two lightlrattaliens of _the..4C.ing's Germari.Leeien, • . .. i eettainly•ner :a- little --at 'eariauee twitletheejeeding (eorepoSitig. part or the force destined in .the• first iii ,. .. - DATED •I•STH•onyoBER, 1809. • _ Presented tonic loin e the iettfof Febi*uere e eje ''' turpose e of . the ,Expediiii)D, f itrpelr,• the rupeing , semee to proceed against.,Antwerp), were landed at - iv itle the right ..wieg -end the advance of _the army ; i- Walcherene:and employed ibefore•Fluehing.. e . right * ,• In submitting to your 'Majesty ,a statement of nu „ it 'once upon the_ West Scheldt, ar e tll6 satne tno- - lolly., Matesty..will be pleased to recollea; that pro*ceedings•in tiles execution of - • the 'adrift* *leek , ..anent . that the attack opoii: Wale-herein Wiel.iroceee. , ;- ' theeroccepe. whi•ch sailed 'froth Poresniouth . , . under &it, that. 'even thrs need tave,deleyed it for - , Lieutenent-Geneerel. Sir Eyre, Cooteete4re• destined , Majesty was graciously . 'plc tied • t confide 1 0eliie ' " 1 • nd,of the .' . - .‘ ' '',. more than three or four. days, unless on account of ter the service of - ,Walcheren, and had, been consi e I t, .t . events which,oecuered in the course or naval difficulties, Which 'n Will be .ticr -the' Admiral, - dere-deist 7sufficii-nt •for:t hat objete, aceorattig to•the I \ ►. a is not my intntion -to' trouble }'Our . Majesty not for vie, to explain, I deny; for as'stion•as Ter intelligence received;, and-the -supposed - strength of vith any. further 'deta'lh, Of the earlier' tarts of our . ilieeee •• whirr; Navin • . e .• . the ' d Veere and the Fort of e ßamtnelsins fellsewhich , hape i: the enemy ; though' at the-sae - leen-Tie, certainly re , _ .e. e . 9ns, 'lig terminated in , spee v • peried on the 3d.ot August, the pessageot.theeSloe , elying;' , for' the firseefforte against Flushing, or; the' ' Th cl,,ulon of Walcherete - by in Majesty s trocipi'e was Open to the transports and gun 'vessels ; or iltey e .promised co-:operation of the s.- Navy,. and on their - ? p c' . the 9CCupetion of the adjacent. Islands,. and - of tnigbt have entered by the Derhlo or by the iduta establishing; as - was..held out, a riavaLblockade,-ex . ; 'ne im poit'of"' Barz receiaed at toe 'time . .. ' ). ° l, it IV M o ntane ' . •' '• - '-' ' • - butte teed passages, t he' hatteries of. Dyshook,. of V . Y... ~ cent 'on the side oe'Veeraod Rainmekins. ' •Qii for- .., on _ s neoet.sracioue . approbation ;. geeter, and the • Neile, having, been all' carried by tunately, however,, this' did not take Place, arid for _ tine neyeelf principally to the..nerretiee, which _ thearmy -early on the Ist of, - Atigasee and on -the' ,seveial•nights • after . the Army' was before Fltishieg, . „ a rp.anxious..to be permitted to Ming nedeerea ' 1A 7.,.., same day , tbe.battery of•Borslen, :it the sokftheWest the enemy' succeeded "in throwing - froth the ePeositei Ti e st.Y's Yiew,i O 1 ietopsideretion of 't he ttacal s ia o li tel: end of South Beveland, was abandoned;•••On the - coast, probably from the canal of 'Gheuf, eijasideieL tn"gncletts,.- as , most 'immediately applyhe t tcpe.d . , ill pi: oo l o4re, Iniovem.ent of .a.detachinent, front the corpe.urder . able reinforcements irceo• the - pi . 2ice,..V.11.1 - eo4)lecl, arid final result of' . the 'Scheldt. Ist. Th.e ground upon Tiwhieh'elt 1 i eel Sis,..lolneHope; And,l -lilow of.suithing (but thiS' e • him . constantly to annoront• out , posteend ssioetettige t art" ' . . . • Teel ,of e9urse,. is a-point . for the- Adlni r ral to ,speak to). parties,_ and finally to attempt a' sallyein force, Y kees'et length essernbled near - ersatz, a u Itte.hirtae preyelite:l a the line of. ; battle ships and fria though, happily, froth the -valour of • your, Majesty's -.. PTosectitiOA of the ultetiOr objeetS of the liittkii % il l - -- me), ,gates from coming in- . a.nd passing up above •Flushe.. troops, without . success:. .'this:} very haress as .riot deemed adtisable • '2 , 11 e Why that ' . -,ri - y•,. •- ...,• - - . - t , as ' not ' • •-, : '. ,). . ..- ess to corn- 1 mg, in the, first . . tostatice,.aecerdieg to the : plan.. i'ag„partieularly from thegreat difficulty etecturinitie • recite , a sootier there as,sembleo, in readiness t originally decided . tipon'.. - picuuion between the, several parts• of. our . litiee'•' ',I . e umber operationi. . ..,' . • 'Before - however, I pursue. further' thedetails• of determined, in order to relieve thotroops nand - press With. respect to - tl .. farmer >. 'Before, arty in- • '‘' e- - ' '• . e ... :e - , ••• e • , dined to :hunk - tlie proceedings of tlie army, governed as they ne- fee:werkehe.-siege j witles eneielx yigoer ,ae possible, no , that it. is so clear ctssarily ‘were (until a tooting . shoeld be gained on, to asailertyself ,feeehe!,tiete of tee-sereieesofethese- tl_ t enfurel:er bperatibrol coeldet that tifne, , and in s ' the : I, i the 'Continent) by the' movements of' 'the nas 7 y, I ekpse hutit.is toberemeneered,that thie•Was only:: with sickly stateof army, have been utidertaken , must.for_a•mement.iefetata two separate operations;:- done because I saw no movement inakinoo pets!! nee . an.Y prospea. file ouecess e 'het it would - be un • the one. under Lieutenent-.GeneraleLord • - Hwler , ft.irseardll - single. , vesseV'tip "the Weet 'Scheleft ; - "lnd • reiti , d,.2 e i s i ,sa t_B r l i o le r , ,, tre s p ess i n ote your M,ijes:y to en - tor into !, and al- i > ape Commodore Qweri e and the ether under Lie : A.., ',iteiliter.efore eeertted enoteeeteisable'o haveitle..ir 'as•:' ~ deetit . on this r oint thote has been tenant-General Sir John Hope and Rear-Admiral . sistance before Flitehing,“- . lhan that the/ slriCeild . lie • of J . °r9eght before your Majesty, it . it - iy - des . 'patcy , :Sir Richard Keats ; but kelt direeted to assist and inaetit‘e. in . . the.Veet sat e - aect they • might -tit aoy. p e „e' r e 22 th of August ; arel .tke chief object of , this . ensure a= rapid pro g ress up the Scheldt, had- itie - . , d- Berta- be , .•re-ernbarked freni . Ra•iiiinelehier in a few the " ___ w ill•bk direded to a tiew to your . Majesty, that - , miral found it pradicable in- other respeefs.•- - With. !hoseree...whenever their transportS :could' be'broue . rre: br.cise.cone point, namely, why ehe. army ..wa i s opt . . reseed to the former, which was destined te„.de- up fecal Veer, and-there was the leaStchance of our i ts ' I,I T! . up :sooner to the•.destination from w lence i stroy the Cathand batteries, and perticelarly . that of , proceedingeo.our tilteeior de'stinati9tl; e. 'f• •- l eee ` a e . '": 4 ,lr . 9perafietts were to Com il m e ence, is ek e- i, Breskens, had if been carried at- onces'into.7ffeet; . • to 4, 'al consideratiou,- and that t teddy d. i I l'aa . V i e' . a a ir . eady . stated that: RainniekinSfsnrrendere. (iiie- , and that the Admiral could have availed himsel(of - .. ••••-.. .•, ed on t le. - aliening orth'e 3d sof August. r s re e e' e ' ru aPeeeet with rue, or depend upon ,a i tee e le :-ifeetc.) take the ships up - ehe.'West Selieldt•by the. e .- Int • ee_B errs ie. which, the ertriewaseceeesinediatelv 'Upon •this event; 'te - elitie - ; as ,I did,: •;1.1 Weeline Passage, it would base been of ilte .. iemost ect e,lY. tecilay, On the cOutrery, having 1,,, ie , ' great; tint.asineSs' 'at 'delay vvhieh t'.ad illreedv t 7.1 '.advantaae • but it s ape rather fortunate it .••--- ' . e. w - ••.- -• ,- -,'-'. 1 1 their move' -: t the speedy proguele etee, -.' e. -.- ' • lace • . •-• .', : , , . tilted place, and-at Ole deperture teem the engine' . a re eete o - •, d:d nOt7take,,p at e later roe, as after all the - .. • „ .. . .. . • 'aineet.- . .. -- plan, I wrote a.letter to the Adtnieil,.•thee •at Ter f o r n dot e - this,. - ;it f - be 14c1E1 '' . ' 1 transports, •store-'seies," &C. were'Ordered into the - . Veer, expressing' wy' hope, . that ihe Ships Vvotllti., the n. it :will, eonc ... ' • , eaei • '," • Veer Gat,' and the. plan of 'running at once op ihe th e sake ef -. perepicuity,,ehet. I ehoted, luxe ep • .n ., i , ew , be able to enter the' \Vest' Seiteldt by the Sloe West Scheldt by the Weelipg Channel seemed co nsideration -7 6 f this businesa from its cons- • leeege, pad that no time shoutle be toe; itepeee sing abandoned, the , object of destroying ,the Cacreand ` .. ceeitzit, ' -.• . _ • . - _ . . .foieeeird•as speedily•he possibe our further epere ,, . I. Bartel e, cased ; and a landing there would only * - e• . tines' ; and I requested, -it the same time, that. he ), 6 :° tll , A 4 ales ty w il l • permit me here i ,to . recau :to . , - • ! have - been- an unnecessary risk,rand a very t *, recollection. the change which iuccid- would Communicate to - me the extent of naval co plate in .enieet separation of• our force, and, of ceurse„,ec e ' the r.fti ihal '- e farmed' for ' th e attack of Ant- • . '_ . '•'OperatiOn lieecOuld - afford; as well for the fninre. e re, g and 'prtj'c ..‘v Scheidt, ce,ion great defey. in collecting it ,for ulterior ope of the'French fleet ie the est r - blocicade of Flusiiine; as w ith - a 'vie vto proteaing I io CO , . . v rations.' It must not, however, be ibrgottee, that s t "sequence- of the .opiretons of the Getierals ai-elthe coasts. Of-SouthievelAnd e - mid Ivateliirig' t he-Pas the difficulties here turned out- to be Much ee ti - e 'v li Otfices s to whom. tlns . question was •trferi . l . •- , - ' • ., greater, sages from the Meuse to - the East Scheldt, - as his badtriatt 6eert. at - ,r att : ,zorea.een before me sailed.. In i. cOnsitteratitin would govern :very , Much.' the 'extent fite`' 0 11 . 11) .. inecleeperatiort of tile army arid nae'''; .. - -- -.. her+ . the - first places, : ine beach was so exposed, that in . of-force I must nave lei South Beeeland, when the left ‘ v h.ole, with the exceptiort of the ',f . orc6 t t e o f), 1 blowing weather it was t foundimpossible• to land; , t for• ' , •of W 1 1. , ; 4., e the rectuctien ,errny athanced. , To this letter he did trot reply fully • P..th e end • from wriat-cluse I know not, the Marquis of till the Bth of August ; but I had a note from. him ed on West Scheldt, was accordingly •Cl e e i fyriihei• - '.' - - - ' .' . liuntley's divisiote could- not be taken up, in the . . . .., ' - - , on the sth assuring me. the ,transports should be U n . ' ... - 91 . 74 -:-.,1 , first instance, - Inieh ' enough to attack , the Breskense ~ b e e . lee , ' 9 11 the practicability ' of of suc h ' an oPetettenetert utters, • the only one, from its situation, of much tight ,fo;ward without delay ; and I had also a everedt once carried into execution, which was, how- very long conversation With him on the morning of importance. In addition to this, the enemy, who ~! , i lit, i _ the ground-world . .of the. 1 4 xpetfi tion ' anti had beet represeott•d-• by all t heeireelligence . corn- the btle on the arrangetneets to be teken for our further operationS, when 1•• urged, in' ihe strongest ee, ,I alone, in the opineon of ail persons cOnsult monjcated•to me to be very weak, _almost aCtually . i n tl see " - • to of bed ally prospect of sheer s, even , without troops in ' that quarter, appeared to be manner, the necessity of-not lOsing - e monienf in ce 'e most sanguine view of ehe subject-in ally well prepared, end in considerable - force. - Under bringing up c t i, h in e . cave!r and ordnance ships, trsins doeleer respects, -.I must confess . 1-entertained great Y ell -', - 3a - ^ • order that the else circumstaeces -according •to tord •Huntle)'s "--' -"-". '''''''• vie" ' -• el ..' •)111 • • , .s armament proceed without delay to its desti e,,,ul,s, till the cotnniurtication of 'a dialect . official ' % Report,. Comtnodore ()teen ~appears to have expe- , al "on e• nation; and I, adJeci my, hepes,, that they. would re eleaa ~ given .oreehie.poiin' by, the Lords of the . tienced great ois - appoitiertOtt in not bath% the sup tie lra ltYadecided in the affituative this imp:rtant ceive the nioteetiOia of the_ ships-of• - port of, Lard Gardnee's-fleet ;and of his boats ; but ' edtie n. , ' ' which had . yet entered the test Scheldt. . , his Lordship, es I believe, could. never-enter the To all of this, and to the several arrangements °c th e ' the' same time it is to ba : remarked, that the , ns Weeling Ceantiel .at ail; nor indeed' whs, I ever it Zatiolarif Walcheren, Wkich by some pee.° d aoquainted . With what instruction; were given to him , ~. , • explained to him in detail; he fully assented. rte' hie reply to my letter of. the 4th on the Bth of th e beenthotight possible to leave behind us, an on this head. e rp r o e s dut d tiim of , Flushing,- which it had once been When, it was found that Lord Huntley's•diVision . vessels' of diffgrent •descriptions- had passed through to tat e only 0 mask, - vvere- deemed ( l i ed : is enseble , ' could neither land oar proceed by the Weeling l'as the intricate passage of the Sloe, and tha he had ::- - aacor ,security of the fleet, in - case of- isast P er •••:- and ' : sege up the:SCheldt, as I hid ivended they seould, - to „ (I '"gly a considerable separate force Was . , allotted ,d it' . was determined' t 6 withdraw them; but .from ordered the frigates to pass up the ,West Scheldt, to e ist ` l, s service; and, in this view, it Wasbeei es , be followed by theline;•ofbattle 'ships; and he gave the boisterous , state of the weather, it :was some . 1 - , . - Inetiv agreed . upon, that a vigorous ittaak'by-the 'e , nay - days before • 'this could be effetted. As soon -as it - maes that ne should' be able, to go••up the river with - the,flotilla on the 10th ofeAugust at fu: thest, and .• . tone upon the sea front should be . nude at thi , - kan . le 'e was y ac." coniplished, they . were passed over to ,Sonth that the frigates - ad . : that the troops, after effeEting their- hoeing, . Beveland. .' ~ - - ' . - vati c , . , b, dto invest FlUihing; it beinae:hoped that e •'. ' ,- low, as they came in, in SucceSsiob. , . . With reSpeti to Sir Jahn Hope's operation, it . ! . -. . Ihe frigates, • however; did 'not -pass Flushing till e t 'a i l t P"\v- erful co-operation from the sea, at the ino- '. yeas moreprosperouse The, object' of was this : :' ni • the troops presented thernselVes before the the evening of the 1 ith and the line-of battle ships r . nee ' In originalthe arrangement for carrying the army - • , • .'' . - - assed 16 the anchorage .above Flushin .on, the. e a , the labeur - and.delay of a regular Siege might i at , i once. •tip the West Scheldt, .Sir . John ,Hope's , , °lll y ' i ll ' , - " " , ' g t4thaethe'Second day of the bombardment. "- h een,avoided, and a considerable portion of the division • was included e bin just before We sailed, '• , , -i, •. • . • • . forcetoa•allotted. to this serviCe set et libe . rty 0 follew . -.- . the Admiral received intelligence that the French .. : - These ships began - to proceed up the river on the ttrlY up •the Scheldt. Holt' far this expe?.-.lntion : 18111 and•arrived•on•the eethe -one diviSititi as high fleet was come 'clowtel abreast - 61 Flushing and '' ' ' • • as the Bay below Waerden,. the other off the.Haaas•- W la a e s: e fla i itilled i er whether the assurance given t d hat . seemed to threaten to oppose our passage Up the A„ W hole of the arrnanitnt ( - the part to be an e at . ..• • went, wbete ;heyremained ; the Courageux pasSed, alch - • • • ' ' • • . _ - • above Batz4 the• cavalry Ships'oelaegot through the ereh excepted) should be at.. Once transported ~ Schelde. ; 'ln tins view, s it was conceived that, by a landing • Sloe Passage into the West Scheldt from the 20th 1111 Ih e:Scheldt,• in prosecution '-of the ultimate..ob- 1 - ;ion the north side of- South Beveland, the island frets of - tie. t. , ' edition - • • 'carried into e --L-f . 4zit vv L xp, was .:.• t b 14a , ..: i might be possessed a aed all the leitteries taken .nord- 'to the 20 ' , and arrived off.Batz on the' -22 d. and 24th ; the Ordnance ships and store-Ships passed bas wholly disappointed, the laforinatioo already. ,' aa aaaa: : 1: itersei and- thereby ~ the position of . the Fren.chileet,. .: eae • le yotir Majesty - Will' hate ip. a great , ine j elirte it -they ve.rituied to reMain near 'Flushing, would be, through from the 22d to the .20, and•arrived ,at w n , and which it will be my' duty to bripg Friofr i i it were, turned, and 'their retreat rendered m ore their destindtion eff altz on* theee4th eed eet , ll) . t he t'artieulatly under your Majesty's view . , 'Whele'r f t. ~.., ''as ......, tran.,port for ,Lieutenant-General .Grosvenot,s city! , while : them by our snips . ! -0.1 ti • the . . attack oh • . tail the subsequent course of our proceediegs, :-- on only came WO to receive them on the on . , - would have been Mitch facilitated ; and for this eh- 8 .' ' • ''' • ` ' ' From what cause this falltire ensued—whethet it, • . ,• •.- a I e a - -'which day they embarked ; _. . - jeo, toe. division of Sir • oln 1. one rather nre '• •- - - r' -- • - - '.Geheral• Graham's'clivisiOn oa the eoth and 21sL; a se rb _ se : f_roei insufficient errangement§aoa . the Dart of - a .1.- . ceded, in sailing -from the Dowtis e the rest of the Cue -I\4oliral, or was the• unavpidable result of dee- ata • and.t hey arrived off Batz• oe the -. 4th. ' 'The Corps. 'gilt:les ittherent-inthenatere of- the - EXpeditiop. it- . •of Brigadier-General eneral Rotteubargli, end :the - light .navigation :tef' '. ;he East ' Scheidt : w'as' r(i' . .int.L' self, it is not* for thee• considering it_entirely as a battalions of ri l ei' GerniTin roceeded, to join -- ' eedifficult but by the skill and . .ersevereilice. of ''• - - - ,e, - e. .. Legi o n , ;•P , . MOS -. . , • , . , naval 'question,i to presume , to 'eller : any'Opinien •• . . I. • • l . , the Lail, of It osslyn's drvision in Speth Beyelend e .. Sir eltictiard, Keats, this purpose wes. , happi y acid • - 14 to your Majesty. - -, . - . ,From this. statement, ytier'Mij'esfy ' will see that e . arlyeaccomplietied, though the .tecrops we're :car note itlistandipg every . ..effort on my - „part.-With. the i n a t il w.ay, however„' 'be here prolv to remark, VIA • - ried. a .great way in schuyteandebeats ; and thiS di-' baa„. the, projeas .whieh.have at various 01;tie . 9 been .. a Adniiral,.the sr:inane_ e.rit was not assembled.at the vii,iort waSrlanded near Ter-Goes; from' whence . point 'of its destinatien till 'the 25th, arid . of course . - t w t e ; aesisii " , g ti ; t o . f. t..o . rard on the 'subjea of an - attacklevon , they swept all the batteries in the Island that Could i t . - commencing operations sooner , . - c •• 4 ' l a'ld of Waleheren'and. the Scheldt, the lie- - , - ~ the .impede progress of our ships in v Wind a good deal to, !he 4. , t-st-., 'Scheldt, and: possessed themselves on 'the 2,1 of' Au:. 1 aaainst Antwerp w . e .. re never in ,my power:. sister} havingwithmoderate weather, haselways'been in- ; , est of "the important .post of Ba•tz, to _which it •had I It . ' nos.? taec am- at, ;this : advaaced perie d d rr.y ~ On: Weimer these advantages, in ille one ~. , .a . 4aaeato , tonsider v.ery -- seriously .. the eepe leticy feeen' • promised _the army' should at once. been - , u se, the passage would be diffietiltaeirr the Oaher, ' /,:' f. ;brought 1.1p.' •' - '' •-- • ' of landing, the- army onethe Continent. •On CQIII - • de surf the - would preveit. a landing . on .the jo'24s i , ! ,Sir John. Hope remained ih possession Df this ' . ' 'paring all the intylligence obtained as to the seven th it .appeared .to, besuch.is to. le g ate • . a e led most tavoireable.in• Other respeEtee'.' y Ilt -l i. io, , - 1 , 6 , i,... .. e e Ip,oet, though not witlieut being twice al tacked by the_ ; v r esent instance, nwing to the wind- blowia i ts; k, o (a f" ss i t ) :te e :,t e rVi ' n ' Y dispatch of the 29th of August) no ir otn.thew'e'stwar d !enemy sliotilla; for nine days before any of the gun- :. -. t -e l - ••:the surf was aduarlv'Yt lilt t .) . ee • ea prevent 4 ,as smote: • ;opats under : pt. Sir HomePopham evere e motete . . Prevent. 'a. landing on either of thepoints rrr ,s at ac ta i x , e a, , e ,1.11) inaud, after.accomplishing , -the preliminary opera the Scheldt to.his , support. . , , . a :. , ci n for that mr se by the Adthiral ; and t u stmt., , , buns; of redticing Fort • Lille as .well as Lief ken.... 1911 of the 1 Po .' - s, . gun boats and transports at anchor Id (le ' . -But it will-be recolleae , l, that both• these , opera-- shOeick, on the opposite side of Antwerp; without er ' e ° a o s e in D g t ,: tep becoming very critical, and gale in ; , bons tended direlytoforward . original,purpose, , the possession of . I.destruction_ . ships the - •• - ' which the of the of a rapid progress up the-Scheicit ; the former by , 40.d e ars - enals of the enemy : could not be etfeete , d , ;-' he found it•necessary to . carry such part of t he fleet as was‘arrived for safety into tile Roorrigit, opening the Cadsand• Channel, could' he landing of 'and -in addition to • this; the, sickness which had and b y -which means' the. division of tiie'army'des- ... .lLord Huntley's diVitan have been eeected e the_ se e .; begun ea attack the- - arrny about the 20th, e rid, , '. tined for: the attack of Walch reii was enabled . to , - cond,• by . 6overing .111 prOgress of our fleet along . t hourly, tucreesing AO an - alarming ex.- effe ct its landing from - a more Sheltered anthciriee ..the coat of-South Be'ielarid; 'while, the diviaien e r tent, created the e , most'serious apprehensions in °n the.. Bree Sand •to - the- westward of Fort-den iof Sir John Hoppe-was et the same time so . faraad-. the minds of - the medical, lime, as to its --further I- la k•' A ' 'a• ,- t this time the divisiota under Lieuterrant- ,vanced towards the destinatidn at WI icithe te,t of 1.1 • • ' prOgressa at that unhealthy .season, and which fatal G ~ eeeral Lord Rosi4lyn, as - well as that'under Lido- . the at - hie:Dela t was to be hasemblede . - -.. • . .e experience , bas since StILIWn to have been but- too ' ,tienant-6eneral Grosvenor, also the catalry, • arid- It will now only be necessary for me to bring be- well founded. , vire a , &c • were not arrived; biit'they . we& artt-Hi ' fore your Majesty this dates at :which , the several ] • Your Majesty , will , not: be: surprised : if, -under ' -"accts on their matiing . the - island, ordeile&h, lee l e ~ arts, f the arrnaceent were - enahled„ . . according te r , the,..e circumstances, Lpaused in requiring the•Ad ' il 'if la - ' .1 . t? ' - ' , the arrangement of ir ific.tiardSfrachart, to eurstie . . mita]. to 'put the, army (ml shore. .- That a lending. ... -1.(11 1'iral - intcr the Veer Get. , It es' eo e •-• r- - . ' . ' titularly deserving of - attention, th ' et .- tialSll, i.e.' their progress up the- Scheldt: -In ibis pl4ce, bow.; . might have \ b en made, and that any fotce'that hadl ll'Algh ia iislf-o ono of great advantage,' A" aea- ever, it maybe p Ik; per that I should previously ad-,- . been opposedto ns in the field would havelielded , to• .) r te ; ' • •,. . . , - , - ' l i'lied LA the `division claatineat is the dibakof .. Vert to theg . n ... mu ds on which the third diVieion, un- the supetior valour Of . British -troops, I, have -rip •• . . '~~, '~ - , ihen, atly stch,success could haVe lee bf Ito- anill r ,tokwards the matt - urea of the objkka , ' . . ( Altfi're` was still less Chance -I hat - the' enez. , t2 - 1 .1 #4111 1 ayffifi ,- en os the Opportuh . ity; Itis?farti.R.reit fie had - a - surer game' to plan • - for- if • . . .evet fhb' to m,- divltied. as -It Mtist neces, Irdy. - Nave been in. order' to occupy b 91.11 the exposed ,to the N eficOS of ion on everj:. side,' and with its Ot'ltiouhi..atiors liable to; be cut off, :while - 0e forCe or the enemy was . claily'ahcl;hourly _increasing,. ha(i once 'sat- dnwri , before Antwerp", - I unnecessary t was'uncsary fo r . me to point _ . . . put to, ypttr . -, Alajesty' how "critical fllust.-in. a s,ijou. tinie haye beets their situation. .Out „Idde-4. to . lo an alarming ext. ot had -be - 01 k tf ? .pread itself among, the troops, find the ,` certain ,_. . and.. tat; 1, whicb-,- at ;11,1 -at seajoh; wai buWir: : M ' eroi,nci-4, it appeareii Jo pa2.t. 0 1 3; tithe a r A.A ctV i. , e couhi 00l lend to cpti)ll 4 l- ir-cl. 54 a t li lls- §M r i - tk. f tb- • 21' I. ' ,O ; I .lo ' .. ... .J...,9. ',,t , , iE n v e 0,9 .. .., army : w / i,....,, I . yeir ._ , t3es..y, dad cot:acted - 1n me; and which _every principio..of -. . . . wijiVA6Litif o itp Feil, as !be diret.T - tc?nor ,of ply in it r4')l.4qp4 forbade: , ► • tl.4s si:ate.ot thin„ 5,- I considered. that .4he,re , was left ,roe na ‘ aitv.rnative, loot to pUrsue ,th 6 course I bay.e..akeady stated„ for your, .I\-I.jesty!S informaiion,.. in' n4..dispatch °CA of U L;ust.; and that col - id - at-I I. now Most humbly but .(110, 11 - ne tin* with p.',.;:fetc..l, cqfideuee; subipit. .to ,your ALijestr s jUdgtnent. _ . . (Jose this report, which has; 11-fe;-.4, ,'ready detai)-ied yourd‘lajesty Gut ; to. i hg, by ob that wherever it ben' tiee•:.saly - for to,acivert , to the disaprointments thr,oug4, the , afrangetnetzts of , t.he - .Adirdiat, in 'the • natal _co-otiertftion , 1' had been' t€inght . -to - expet,- 1 . have.-coinined :myself, to stßting.,the :became . tne, from all corn , l)ent, 'and. 'leaving . t 6 the Admit in ' such re p . )1' t fts -he :Oiay • 'rnake,:aaftkas.pisoceedings,•.to bring uncl“ your - Aja•; jesty's view the circumstances •-• which• •tnaY''' have 'above - all; .too ac ~;utit Welt, prev-e'tneei . the icv,'St ' inenSavinVitakkitmli .(a point never even doubted of. before), as well as to shew the•ohsraci(A'which pre , sentodittieves tolne early prog - vss of the arM'a meat ..up‘..- - ,theAVest Scheldt, , which uperwiot, I h qi always 'looked, tipon, as the prim try - otjt , o 'of his - , and ..on - time: of ' , Abic-ft Our bast. hopes of- success in any* of the. hit‘qiOr jtds of tfle ~.Expe.tfitiop .prinoipally, if not wLoili i .c (Sighei T HATgAN, Lieutenant genera". _ • • Qauber Aug.; Pi-,Osented to the kr td c, 4th' - • FOtuAr) , oBl - 6. • , • • GANKR UPI C/Es ENLARGED.. WilliiamnEwailatutkillzeds,Yorkshire,Tnercliaht, from March ejeven, at the Rotel, Leeds. A„ - . •-. • • HANICfrtUPTS. .* J ohn, Fle:tying,; of. Blackbtirn, Lancashire; COMM- mantifire4. ,turer, to surrender .Marcn 7, Li; and April 3; at eleven, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attorniesi Messrs. Milne,' Sergeant, .and Milne, . Manchester ; 'Or Messrs Milne and Parry, Temple, London. : • . • William Herbert the. younger, of .Llatildlnes, Montgomery. shire, draper, March 0, , to, alid April 3, at three, at the Scar Inn, Manchester. 'Attorney,' Mr. larno •Ta)lof, Blanchester." • • . • lames Tetley, .of Horton,- near Bradforrt, Yorkshire;calico . manufacturer, March 7, 8, and A pril 3. at two, at the Dog -.Taver44 - 41ancliesr ttornie.t ; Mr. Mancliester ; or aM r. tilis,. Chancer,y.slatie, London, ionathan' Isowsing, of 'faro:K.li, Essex, grocer, March ?, 9, and - April 3, at eleven, at the Bear and Crown,. I p-,w)ch.. • Attornies, Mr, lt.'l3unn ; or All. S. Taylor, SOUtliampton 7 lattildings,,Cliancery- lane, LOniton.• - ' ' Stephen Leeds, of Great Alassiegharn, • . .Norfolk., miller, • March 7, at four,. 8, at ten, antlApril 3, at four, at the , Crown Inn, Swatfhain, Norfolk: Attorney, Mr. Tr e n. ' chat'd, Swatfliam. Aletander Lindsay and lames frvine,..of IVlanchesfer, dealers in cottutipidds ii 'March S, q,,and,.Apr.l 3, ,atleven, at the. Star IntiV Manchester.' •Attornies, Mr. though, Mah chesters•AiiVkragfigt, King Bench.ivalk, Temple, Lon. j d° '• '6611 - 1 • ohn 'BY o , tchurch-, Salop, shoemaker, March ; 5, 6, antlArlfrllit &flelevelf, at - the Whits Lion Inn, W hit. •r LI rCi l 4Q , jtt6 M r ,Thomas • Blackstock St. Mil dred,;,-coute; poultry; London;- or Mr. • Wiltiarnk -Hilt - Watson, WhiCchurch, - Henry Parker, of 'Halifax, Yorkshire merchant, Feb. 24, March 6, and April 3; at ten, at Guildhall, LOndozi. Ai. : tornies, Messrs. Patmer, -arid- .Thomson, Copthall-couri, Throgrnorton4stroet. Thomas Baron, of Great St. Thomas Apostle, LlindoU, Feb. ;.27,,March 3., and.Aptil;3, as eleven; at Guildhall. At - .tornics ,Mcssrs.• Fpulkcs, Lortgall, and Beek - itt, lioitituii court, Urayis.lnn. , • ; Thomas 13arlo - w, or tl;e Strand‘e• Middlesex, -.Mercer and . : tailor,. Feb., 22, at twelve, 'March 3i. and April ,3, at ten,,, at GUildhali. Attorney,- Mr. Bethatt4 Bo:verge : Street, . • Fleet..st;eet„,., ` • : • ' Osborn 1-1111g,„pf:Shoreditch, Middlesex —cheesemonger, FcW/04?I‘calt . 'Wj .. ,..and APrif 3; at fen, at Guildhall. .At.. „terninylkinn3kelains, Great . Ritssell-street, • • johnisog, pt§Anit - e-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, potters, .difYlirtY SWatiltin; and April 3, at ;he - ~..-Cro4uadnn,litaidrie;. f at eletreti•eich day. Attornies, MesSrs. Fiirkborne, and -Clarke, ‘yarnford-cOurt, Londun.; or MY: Vernon, Stone; Thomas Keys& atrclCharles Pratt Wyatt, •of Langbourn: Ward •'. chattlbers, London,. merchants, Feb. 24, Ntarch _3, 'tl April 3,, at, ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hodson, Surrey-Street, Strand, , , :93111tIth'Seabi9olc, 'of . Bowling-alley, Red, Cross, street, ",• ,qripPlegate, Londost,- 24, Maich 6, and ' April 3, at eleven,. at Guildhall, Attorney, "Mir'Parton, WalikoOk,'Lorclon, I . • • CERTIFICATES. wi l l ; 4 3 . Walter Drury, of Stamford-street, Blackfriats road, ,Surrey, stationer. - noW,or late.pf Portsea, county of Spothamp , ton, tallow . .cliandler. Rands Brooke,' of -Basinghill.street, "London, warehouse.: 'John Bland, fate of Moulton, Lincolnshire; blacksmith.. At the Court (of Aldermen,,held yesterday at . • Guil.lhallohe Court, after inspetiing the meal weigliersAccognts',ordered the price of bread to he conttniteckthesttpue as-last week, viz. ts. 31fl tile quirlqfP,.)Paitrativlpoalen, and is. 2d. the houschoti. linedhmks- i og s Alie Court were, unauimously voted to:4l,4 -tit4Y - 151) 4 4d 4 LY 'WOOD, Chaplain t0..1,he Right s WM. tti'.clVd -Mayor, for his excellent sernton preached on Plow. Sunday last. Mondry morning the powder milts at Hounslow- „ . _ heath- blel.v up- with • a tremendous explosion, by. which four men : , at 'work,- lost their ,liveS. The - Co.roner'sinquest 'held a •verditSt yesterday on the bodies of ; the unfortunate men, when the .Jury , turned - a verdict of—Accittental Death. CORN ExcHANGE, FEB. 21.--There are consi. derable_ supplies of Wheat , to -day, part * Foreign, and, the geheral srlc kiearly At our last currency; Barley.- in plenty, chi:.:!) second and ordinary; those qoali.. ties are mtich' lower, and -almost Without buyers; but little; White Pease at the late re - duVioii ;, < N4lAotboth sorts - nearly at last prices ; ther afe w ll4*l6BUpplies 'of Oats, tho4tly second and • inferiol, an those are cheaper; Flour without VA. nation: • a for '533 1 1 ;pro- . ,se as, Bow - Itit Of Drce.d ;s the, 1.41,)e out I), rion• bi~ii ~ i~i~"~ icr tO 'i evert ' n iabt , , coin- Thal beet) ~~~, at 'OO WhO ,tldort 12th, 30 - 0 13, 11a Ve )05 11 'Arne" - 1 1 the )le 10 you'd Hor ce at ino!* . _ Gil 3 I' d vot d Ibe w ere r ioant 110 - . chad7 lod• •1 e Wos If 11 ° Y ex• ice 0' ad no nci have :11 thicg , 5 now Mr. ;, and 1.3 4 ! ne ar 23gi. false shop,• )1140'" c at re , za ,.to ge sion4l'. 3 W 35 BO , " the Mad 6 .entY" never was to the essis' In 014 ASh t ot- it' such . ,LIAM o ALES) thasV kind t° tiwe i u;11 ore,oo . ttit , ro ,fit . , LigZ.l I ~. 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